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Basic Lighting

A good place to start. These lessons demonstrate professional lighting techniques using only basic lighting tools. Having good lighting equipment is important, but knowing how to use it well is paramount!

Photographing highly reflective objects can be one of the most challenging tasks a product photographer can face. Trying to control and modify the reflections can be daunting, particularly when you'...
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Portland, Oregon photographer Bryce Kanights has been a professional action sports photographer for the past 25 years. His work primarily involves action photography and environmental portraiture. With this shoot, he set...
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Italian Pro Showcase photographer Roberto Insalata provides insight on his recipe for captivating beauty shots.
My Approach
This may sound strange, but when I photograph a person or an object,...
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Photographing highly reflective objects can be one of the most challenging tasks a product photographer can face. Trying to control and modify the reflections can be daunting, particularly when you'...
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Portland, Oregon photographer Bryce Kanights has been a professional action sports photographer for the past 25 years. His work primarily involves action photography and environmental portraiture. With this shoot, he set...
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Italian Pro Showcase photographer Roberto Insalata provides insight on his recipe for captivating beauty shots.
My Approach
This may sound strange, but when I photograph a person or an object,...
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LiteDisc/MultiDisc

Italian Pro Showcase photographer Roberto Insalata provides insight on his recipe for captivating beauty shots.
My Approach
This may sound strange, but when I photograph a person or an object,...
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Jay P. Morgan travels to Boston for a photo-shoot aboard the oldest working ship in the US Navy, the USS Constitution. Which meant that he needed to use portable, lightweight, dependable lighting gear. Watch this video to see how he makes excellent use of the Photoflex TritonFlash Kit! Continue Reading...

Featuring the affordable Extra Small Wireless Kit, this lesson demonstrates some basic strategies for getting your young, restless subject to interact naturally with the camera. As well as some techniques...
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Ever wonder how those clothing catalog shoots are done? In many cases, the production is very simple with respect to lighting and camera work. Simpler than you might expect.
This...
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Photographing highly reflective objects can be one of the most challenging tasks a product photographer can face. Trying to control and modify the reflections can be daunting, particularly when you'...
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Portland, Oregon photographer Bryce Kanights has been a professional action sports photographer for the past 25 years. His work primarily involves action photography and environmental portraiture. With this shoot, he set...
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Producing commercial lifestyle shots outdoors can be quite an undertaking. In this type of photo-shoot, there are many elements to coordinate, including location, weather, models, props, wardrobe, hair/makeup,...
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Continuous Lights - Tungsten

Photographing highly reflective objects can be one of the most challenging tasks a product photographer can face. Trying to control and modify the reflections can be daunting, particularly when you'...
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First Studio

Another Halloween season is here and what better way to get ready for the big day (or night) than by preparing a simple portrait shoot.
In this lesson, photographer Ben Clay examines a few simple lighting techniques to help you with any themed portrait. You'll be sure to capture the Halloween mood you're after. (Just remember that nothing squashes the visual aura of a Halloween scene more effectively than a built-in flash!) Continue Reading...

Another Halloween season is here and what better way to get ready for the big day (or night) than by preparing a simple portrait shoot.
In this lesson, photographer Ben Clay examines a few simple lighting techniques to help you with any themed portrait. You'll be sure to capture the Halloween mood you're after. (Just remember that nothing squashes the visual aura of a Halloween scene more effectively than a built-in flash!) Continue Reading...

Even the most interesting and elegant architectural interiors, which are visually pleasing in person, may lack depth and drama in a photograph.
Hollywood lighting directors often spend four to five...
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Flash - Shoe Mount/Speedlight

Italian Pro Showcase photographer Roberto Insalata provides insight on his recipe for captivating beauty shots.
My Approach
This may sound strange, but when I photograph a person or an object,...
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StarFire

When you think of sports/action photography, lighting equipment probably doesn't enter the picture, does it? After all, most photographers who work with lighting equipment use it to shoot...
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